Acanthaceae
Blepharis

Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E.Mey. & Drège ex Schinz

First published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 60: 416 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Cape Prov., India to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Lê, T.C. (2005). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 3: 1-1248. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
  • Vollesen, K. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae(1): 1-285.
  • Vollesen, K. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(5): 1-184. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 473 (1997).
  • Meyer in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW Afr. 130: 25 (1968).
  • Obermeyer in Ann. Transv. Mus. 19: 130 (1937) excl. syn. B. cuspidata & B. gueinzii.
  • Schinz in Viertelj. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 60: 416 (1915).
  • Vollesen in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 1: 106 (2008).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Vollesen, K. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(5): 1-184. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ann. Transv. Mus. 19: 130 (1937)
  • Biol. Skr. 51(2): 438 (2005)
  • E.P.A.: 951 (1964)
  • F.E.E. 5: 361 (2006).
  • F.P.N.A. 2: 289 (1947)
  • Fl. Rwanda 3: 441 (1985)
  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 473 (1997)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 274 (1994)
  • U.K.W.F.: 579 (1974)
  • Viert. Nat. Ges. Zürich 60: 416 (1915)
  • Vollesen, Blepharis: 173 (2000)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Schimper [521 ex parte] Ethiopia K000394278 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000394349 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Gerrard, W.T. [1918] South Africa K000394348 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nordenstam, B. [289] South Africa K001560528 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2616] Botswana K001604165 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/